U21 World League

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Apolo Piarres kicked off to start the match. Candido Unax's late challenge caught a FIORITO CITY's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Candido Unax helped the player get up and apologised. Candido Unax kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Pablo Cordero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damaso Ignazio in the 3rd minute of the match. After taking down the ball on FIORITO CITY's corner Raul Jakobe fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pablo Cordero quite easily take care of the ball. In the 8th minute, Damaso Ignazio made a precise shot to the right of Pablo Cordero. NUMBA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Candido Unax received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Conrado Innocenzio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the game, Saverio Francesco was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NUMBA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FIORITO CITY the free kick. In the 18th minute, Gaspar Favila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Apolo Piarres struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Conrado Innocenzio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NUMBA. Candido Unax struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Conrado Innocenzio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NUMBA. Apolo Piarres received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Conrado Innocenzio came out and tried to block the shot, but Apolo Piarres slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 28th minute. After 31 minutes, Carolo Fix mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FIORITO CITY and the NUMBA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juan Chucho hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. If Apolo Piarres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damaso Ignazio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Apolo Piarres came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the NUMBA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Apolo Piarres couldn't finish the play. A collision led to FIORITO CITY getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Serafin Uzuri hit a great ball. After 60 minutes of play, FIORITO CITY's Hugo Demesio made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pablo Cordero was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Damaso Ignazio put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Pablo Cordero. 75 minutes into the match, FIORITO CITY's goal looked a bit too open when Candido Unax came free, but Conrado Innocenzio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serafin Uzuri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Pablo Cordero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Gaspar Favila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Apolo Piarres sped through FIORITO CITY's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Conrado Innocenzio. Pablo Cordero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damaso Ignazio's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. The NUMBA supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FIORITO CITY's performance. The match ended with a win for FIORITO CITY.